The copernicus complex addresses a perennial mystery the cosmic significance or perhaps the insignificance of life on earth caleb scharf summarizes current debates on how life began and how pervasive it is explaining how our perspective has been changed by the recent discovery that there are millions of earth like planets in the milky way he sets his theme in a historical context writing in an engaging and accessible style martin rees author of just six numbers and from here to . The copernicus complex our cosmic significance in a universe of planets and probabilities scharf caleb isbn 9780374129217 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The copernicus complex our cosmic significance in a universe of planets and probabilities hardcover by caleb scharf nicolaus copernicus is credited with the realisation that the earth is not at the centre of the universe but orbits around the sun this was a key step in the development of the idea that we do not occupy a special place in the universe and that by implication there may be nothing special about us cosmically speaking in the late twentieth century this led to the so called. In the copernicus complex the renowned astrophysicist caleb scharf takes us on a scientific adventure from tiny microbes within the earth to distant exoplanets probability theory and beyond